Bombarding gaza. The military says they targeted homes of highranking members of hamas in gaza and nine miles of tunnels. On the other side of the conflict, israelis in ber sheeba, ashkelon and ashdod ran for shelter 56 dozens of rockets were fired from gaza. Senior international correspondent ben wedeman joins us now from jerusalem. Ben, the pressure to get a ceasefire is mounting. What is holding the israelis and hamas back from getting to that point? it appears at least from the israeli side they have certain objectives they want to achieve and they haven t achieved them yet. Over the last 24 hours or so, they ve been focusing on what they claim are network of tunnels, they call it, metro under zgaza that they say hamas is using to move troops and material and rockets around. Hamas, for its part, continues to fire rockets into israel. Both sides are speaking with the egyptians, with the americans and others to try to perhaps work something out. In the past essentially the fighting s
correspondent from the new york times. he has been the host of an hour-long weekly news and interview program on new york one. he is the author or editor of eight previous books and his latest, a history of new york, is the vibrant story of the metropolis told through distinctive objects in new york. and both books will be on sale in front of the museum after the talk and they will be here to sign them. talese has written 11 books and was a reporter for the new york time and has written for times, esquire, new yorker, harpers magazine and other pub lications. in the late fall of 1964, gay talese s remarkable book, the bridge, was published. in his early days as a reporter, he followed the construction closely and on many occasions putting on a hard hat and joining the workers on the iron beams. more than just a story of a famous bridge, he produced a tribute to those who built it in an absorbing treatment which reminds us how man-mind structures affect lives. the release of t
he has been the host of an hour-long weekly news and interview program on new york one. he is the author or editor of eight previous books and his latest, a history of new york, is the vibrant story of the metropolis told through distinctive objects in new york. and both books will be on sale in front of the museum after the talk and they will be here to sign them. and gay talese has written 11 books and was a reporter for the new york time and has written for the times, esquire, new yorker, harpers magazine and other publications. in the late fall of 1964, gay talese s remarkable book, the bridge, was published. in his early days as a reporter, he followed the construction closely and on many occasions putting on a hard hat and joining the workers on the iron beams. more than just a story of a famous bridge, he produced a tribute to those who built it in an absorbing treatment which reminds us how man-mind structures affect lives. the release of the book is introducing a new
i don t remember. yeah. but i do know that some came back [inaudible] yes. oh we have can they have reunions all the time. i don t really think so. you know crystal city was never there were about 13,000 people living in crystal city during this time. the highest number ever because it s a tiny little place, yeah. well, i want to thank you all for your incredible interest in this, and i just thank you, especially old friends here and my aunt came from houston my mother s sisters, and all of you guys. it s just great to see you. thank you so very, very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] booktv is on facebook. like us to get publishing news, scheduling updates behind the scenes pictures and videos, author information and to talk directly with authors during our live programs. facebook.com/booktv. next, a look at the design and construction of new york s verrazano narrows bridge with gay talese. completed in 1964, the verrazano-narrows bridge is the lon
also, bold accusation. president trump s lawyer now claiming special counsel bob mueller unlawfully obtained thousands of e-mails in the russia investigation. and hitting the campaign trail. the president plans to aggressively campaign in next year s midterms, but do all republicans really want him by their side? those are the big questions. we begin with vladimir putin s phone call to president trump, the second call in just four days. there are reports that putin called president trump to thank him for a cia tip that helped thwart a terror attack in st. petersburg. we have an incredible team of reporters for us to break all of this down with, of course, the latest developments. nbc s geoff bennett is at the white house. i ll start with you. what more can you tell us about this phone call between putin and trump? reporter: good afternoon. we know that vladimir putin initiated this phone call and he s making it public. we know he called president trump, who s spending t